Combined skid and fire-escape.



G. W. PAYTON. COMBFNED SKID AND FIRE ESCAPE APPLICATION FILED APR. 12,1915 a I l .1 1 84,5 Patented May 23, 1916.

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Patented May 23,1916,

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Application filed April 12, 1915. Serial No. 20,864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LGEoRcE W.. PAYToN, a cltiz'en of the United States, residing at Gas. City, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Skids and Fire-Escapes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined skids and fire escapes designed for carrying passengers and goods from a burning building or for use in loading. and unloading goods, and .one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a device comprising :an endless belt passing around rollers and 1 may be attained by means of the construcsprocket wheels for lowering passengers or goods from a building in safety, said skids having .means. for attachment to various parts of a building and'provided with an anchoring foot at the lower end to hold the device rigidly in place.

' The foregoing objects and advantages tion illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is 3,' Sid8 elevation of a skid or fire escape made in accordance'with this invention and shown connected to the door or window of a building, Fig. 2 is a front elevation .of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation and partial section of the device shown connected to the side of a building near a door or window opening. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the skid. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the lower end or anchoring foot of the skid, and Flg.

6 is a .detail perspective view of a portion of one of the drive chains. 4

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the side rails of the skid which are connected together at the top by a platform 2, and said skid is provided with engaging books 3 for a window or window sill or door, said hooks being connected'by bolts 4 to the side rails 1. Mounted in the side rails are shafts 5, any suitable number being used,

and carried by-the shaft 5 are sprocket wheels 6 preferably three sprocket wheels on each shaft. It is to be notedthat the side rails aresectional, that is to sag; in order to make the skid of any desired length, a section is connected by cross rod 8 to the next adjacent section, and at the Specification of Letters Patent.

v prongs 11 which enter the foot of the device an anchoring section 9 is provlded which will be connected to the lower section by means of a suitable rod 10, whichpivots the anchoring section 9 to the lower end of the skid. The anchoring device 1s provided with extending feet or ground or engage a floor of a support, and a cross bar 12 extends between the feet 11.

Drive chains extend over the sprocket wheels 6, and said sprocket chains comprise the detachable links 13 connected together by means of pins 14 and cotter pins 15, said links having flat supporting hook members 16 connected thereto, and provided with oppositely disposed hooks 17; Slats 18 are connected to the hook members 16 by suit able bolts or pins 19, and said slats 18 being provided with upwardly projecting cross bars 20 to prevent boxes or goods from slipping off the belt during the descent. When it is desired to extend the skid by using a plurality of the sections, additional links are added to the chain to compensate for the extended belt.

Pivotally connected to the side, bars 1 of the skid are hand rails or balusters 21 connected at the top and bottom of the device,

and pivoted near the upper ends of the balusters 21 are hooks 22 pivoted at 23 and provided with angular pointed arms 24.-

The hooks'24 are adapted to engage in the apertures 2 of the platform 3, and when the side rails 1, and a rope or cable may be connected at 28 to the brake for lowering the goods slowly upon the endless belt, the

rounded portion 29 of the brake bearing against the endless belt.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a skid made in accordance with this invention can be extended to any desired length, and will operate 'efliciently' for carry- H is 5 mg passengers from a burning building or for lowering or. hoisting goods for unloading or loading the same.

Varidus changes may be made inthe details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claim.

' What is claimed is: p

A combined skid and fire escape comprising sectional siderails, means for hingedly securing the sections of the side. railstogether, hooks secured to'one end of the s1 derails for an engagement with a building, feet secured to rails for an engagement with the round,

' a platform secured 'to the side rails and I copied of this patent may be obtained for provided with apertures in each end thereof, shafts journaled, in said side rails, sprocket wheels mounted on said shaft, chains consisting of detachable links mounted "on said sprocket wheels, supportin memoers provided with hooks on each en thereof adapted to be secured .to the links of said chains, slats secured to the supportside rails and the ends the other end of the side. 'the apertures of saidplatform tOpro ide a ing members, cross bars secured to the slats to'prevent articlesfrom slipping from the cross members, hand rails secured to each section of said side rails, and hooks pivoted, to the hand rails of the upper section ofthe thereof received'by hand rail to the platform which may be opened from either side to allow entrance to the platform when the side rails are parallel with the building.

In testimony whereof I aflix my. signature. in. presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE W. PAYTON.. Witnesses:

JOHN M. BAKER, A. Z. BATTERTER.

five cents each, by addressing theficomm issioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. v 

